Photo: keywords king.com The guessing Jar – as a child I did once guess the contents of a jar correctly.
That old invitation to
“guess what?”
is simply a dredging
of endless,
useless, speculation,
of dubious motive,
I guess
I don’t want to guess.
©Paul Vincent Cannon
Paul, pvcan.com
Filed under Free Verse, life, poem
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I rate the “command” to guess right up there with the “command” to smile. Who are you ( being the generic any of us) to tell me or anyone else what type of expression our face should take or to provide you mindless entertainment with something important to you and perhaps meaningless to us?
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Absolutely, really find it an unwelcome intrusion that ignores who I am and how I’m feeling. Thanks for your reflection.
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What a sweet composition, Paul. ❤ Have a wonderful week.
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Thank you so much for that. 🙂
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How many candy was in the jar Paul? Lovely poem.
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Vague memory, but I thought it 939 jelly beans.
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That’s a lot of candies and you guess it? What was the prize, the whole jar?
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No, it was a toy, and vaguely I remember it to be a water pistol.
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haha, you must have had fun with that.
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I sure did, my father threatened to take it from me, I was going to far with it he said.
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haha, you little rascal.
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Indeed, I was always in trouble. 🙂
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That’s what little boys are for…having fun but oops 😬. Trouble coming , run, run, run, squirt…
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Exactly so, lol, and dad had no sense of humour 🙂
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haha, a pistol was confiscated.
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Yes, several times 🙂
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You tested him, poor man…lol
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Yes, and he wasn’t gifted with patience, I eventually learned. I once hit him over the head with a metal toy cowboy pistol. He was watching High Noon on TV and I imitated one of the scenes, he sure had a lump, and I was grounded till tea time.
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He was gentle, that was not much of a penance. Not only boys hit.. I once hit a little boy on the head with my little girl red shovel.
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Oh, so you too were/are a rascal!?
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according to my parents, everything I did was wrong. So I went ahead and did things that would be worth them talking about.
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Now that’s a story to tell!
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we were just kids.
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Yes, but we carry the spark 🙂
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is that what it is🤗
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Lol, yes indeed 😁
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Helene, I’m unable ope
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I’m unable to open the post linking to the new What Do You See?
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It is not out yet… I will repost it, it went out with a misplaced click of my clumsy fingers.
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Ah, that would explain it, thank you Helene for taking time to tell me. Though the pingback is not connecting either so I left my link in the comments on the challenge page.
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You did well in leaving your link Paul, thank you for sharing your poem.
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I made the link work later as per normal, a gremlin seemed to have got in.
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Yes, gremlins at work.
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😉
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That’s exactly how that particular demand makes me feel, too. And you put it so well.
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Thank you, and glad to know I’m not alone.
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just out of curiosity — when you guessed correctly, did you win anything?
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I did, but I forget what – vaguely – it was a toy, a water pistol, but none too certain.
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know that feeling all too well 🙂
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Glad I’m not alone.
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I guess I do need to respond
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O so very witty, well said 🙂
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I guess it’s okay to say well done. Have a great day.
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Ah witty indeed, and thank you.
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👍
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Short and sweet !! And I loved the pic as well. My mouth is watering 🙂
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Yes, I must say I went looking to see if there were any in the pantry, but no. Thank you Nalini.
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😀
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I guess you are clever 😀
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Lol, and very kind too, thanks Rupali.
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Short and sweet
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😊
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